Many scenarios come to mind. When you attend a genealogy meeting and “talk genealogy” with those sitting around you, what comes to mind about the other people? Is it their home life, life style, color of their skin, political leaning, or religious affiliation? Do you consider whether they are single, married, divorced, in a relationship, […]
Hamm’s Beer — a name synonymous with the east side of St. Paul. The St. Paul Pioneer Press ran an article a couple days ago reminding me of the long history of this St. Paul institution. I don’t think that I will ever get the song from the commercial out of my mind. I figured […]
Among many other valuable and some strange designations, October is Archives Month, Family History Month, and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Archives MonthVisit a local, state, national, religious, ethnic or other archive this month. Thank the archivists for taking care of historical records. Tell then you appreciate all that they do to preserve them. Acknowledge that […]
A website for just about anything. That’s the way it is in today’s world. If you love historic bridges you might want to check this website, Historic Bridges of the United States. The website states, “This is a database of 32,527 historic bridges in the United States of America, past and present.” The pictures for […]
This press release just arrived from the U.S. National Archives. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2009 National Archives and Footnote.com Announce New Digital Holocaust Collection Collection includes Holocaust-related photos and records available online for first time Washington DC and Lindon, UT -September 29, 2009 The National Archives and Records Administration and Footnote.com today announced the […]
Today must be a big day for press releases. This just came from APG: The Twelfth Annual Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference took place September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Syllabus is available for sale while supplies last at http://www.apgen.org/catalog/products.html for $20 plus shipping and handling. The PMC presentations included: Writing […]
This press release was received today from the Association of Professional Genealogists. Congratulations to the award recipients! APG HONORS FIVE MEMBERS FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS WESTMINSTER, Colo., September 24 – The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) honored five members for outstanding contributions and achievements at the 2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference held […]
This press release was just received from the U.S. National Archives. Oh, do I wish I were in the D.C. area for several of these! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2009 Special Programs Highlight National Archives Records in October Washington, DC. . . In October, the National Archives will feature programs highlighting records from its […]
Did you know that many localities in New York State have officially appointed historians? I was doing some work on my brother-in-law’s DuBois genealogy this past weekend and came upon a newspaper article in the Poughkeepsie Journal that talks about the year long vacant job of Dutchess County Historian. This is in violation of state […]
Is there a place in your family’s ancestral county in Minnesota that has information that might be helpful in your family history search? Is there a university library special collections department back in Massachusetts that might hold some old family papers? How about a college archive that holds old student records? Is there a separate […]